Finally!! Given that yesterday was the first chance in a long time I got to spend a couple of hours on the car, I thought I'd make the most of it!

Using the length of wire and plug that Lenny kindly sent me, along with the socket and earth that I had already sourced, I finally got my additional 12V supply in the boot.

As I didn't have a 12V live plug in the boot, I tapped into the live in the front socket, then ran the cable through the steering column, down along the driver's sill under the plastic trim, in behind the rear 'door card' trim (it's a 3 door so no real door card but you know what I mean!), and into the boot. Screwed on my earth and when everything was working I put everything back together again. Drilled a hole in the trim for the socket and shazam! Well pleased with the results, and look forward to getting the use out of it.

Massive thanks to Lenny for the bits to help me on my way. If anyone else, like Charlie, has the same loom as myself without the 12V live plug already in place, just give me a shout and I'll do my best to help. It's at this point I regret not takin pictures as I went along but it's all easily explained...I hope!

Quite a productive day all in, with fitting heated mist washer jets and, perhaps most satisfying of all, finally getting all the residual tint glue off my rear windscreen!

Finally!! Given that yesterday was the first chance in a long time I got to spend a couple of hours on the car, I thought I'd make the most of it!

Using the length of wire and plug that Lenny kindly sent me, along with the socket and earth that I had already sourced, I finally got my additional 12V supply in the boot

Massive thanks to Lenny for the bits to help me on my way. If anyone else, like Charlie, has the same loom as myself without the 12V live plug already in place, just give me a shout and I'll do my best to help. It's at this point I regret not takin pictures as I went along but it's all easily explained...I hope!

Quite a productive day all in, with fitting heated mist washer jets and, perhaps most satisfying of all, finally getting all the residual tint glue off my rear windscreen!

No problem mate,Thanks for the mention and glad you got it all up and running, i know this will be a great advantage to you when working on site.For those who dont have the loom fitted and dont know what cable to use,I highly recomend contacting Dave at autoStar top supplier of automotive cable and he will be happy to supply you with the correct cable once you tell him what you want to hook up.http://www.ebay.co.u...=item27b5e04fe3PLEASE READ eBAY LISTINGS FOR CABLE Adjust purchase Qty: In order to recieve desired cable length.And no need to carry both positive and negative core from front to rear.Split cable red from black,Run the red only! From front to rear then earth locally in boot.This will save weight and make it easier to tuck in the cable.

Then as Gary has made a fantastic job of getting his fitted from the front centre console to the boot panel, He is top man if you require any information on that.

I know mate, about time! Didn't need to tap into an earth, just followed the guide for that part. When i bought the socket it came with the plug and a few inches of wiring. I just removed the spade type connector from the plug, put it into the twin plug that came with the length of cable that Lenny sent me, put a ring terminal on the other end and just put it round the screw that holds in the boot trim panel. Luckily in that sense that the length of wiring was long enough, so at least now I have confidence that all my connections and terminals are secure.

He is top man if you require any information on that.

Cheers Lenny! As I said though, all really straightforward following the same principles of your guide, just a slight work around if the plug isn't already hardwired in to the boot. Happy to help with anybody's questions though!

I wouldn't be sure about what grade of wire is needed, but might be safest to go with the 20A stuff. Unless you already have 15A and wanna give that a try, but if you need to order it in you might as well go with the 20A.

I had 3 metres to run from the front socket, behind the steering wheel, under the drivers sill plastic and into the boot. I've a 3 door so it was dead easy to run straight from there and behind the rear plastic trim. I had plenty to spare in my 3metres, and although you might need a tad more that I did if you need to run along the rear door sill and then up into the boot, you should still have more than enough with 3metres.

I just used about 30-40cm of the cable that came attached to my socket and used that to earth onto the boot trim screw.

i've got a length of 15 amp knocking about that will do the job but i'm not sure whether to just order some 20amp anyway

i think the route i would take from the boot to the front 12v supply would be to go up through the boot trim n around the driverside roof lining edge hidden behind the door seals (the same route i took for me reverse camera)

I have this very week moved the 12v socket I fitted and installed a Ford standard one like Lenny did, my screw on one under the boot trim was in the perfect place for the dogs to knock, which they did on Sunday pulling the wires through.

Very nice find. Is the feed constantly live or does it work with ignition?

Ideally, I would like one which runs on ignition so I could fit a rear facing dash cam which would switch on and record only when the car is actually running.

On the right hand side of the boot compartment on the Mk2.5 Focus and possibly the mk2 also, their is an orange plug which is a positive feed for a 12v power socket,

the only additional items required to connect is a earth cable and a 12v socket,

attach a female spade connector to the earth feed and push it in to the slot next to the positive feed,

then push the orange connector on to the rear of the 12v power socket,

finally choose a location on the panel you would like to mount the socket and drill the hole.

their is power already being fed to the orange plug so their is no further wiring required.

I Purchased Ford 12v Power supply kit Finis Code: 1021887 this kit has since been discontinued by ford, but if you wish to purchase the 12v Socket with out the earth cable the Finis code is:1333905 and costs less than £5 once you have that part you just need to make up an earth feed using a female spade connector and a ring terminal on the oposite end.

it contained the 12v plug and cap4metres of positive cable which i didnt need to use for fitting, 1 metre earth cable with female blade connector and ring terminal attached, and 8 cable ties which i didnt need to use.

Very nice find. Is the feed constantly live or does it work with ignition?
Ideally, I would like one which runs on ignition so I could fit a rear facing dash cam which would switch on and record only when the car is actually running.

its constant feed,
However you could fit a relay then run the sensor feed from an ignition live to the relay,
This would result in power only flowing when the ignition feed is live,

Another option is:
Change the 12v socket fuse location,
You see ford have two power supplys for the 12v sockets in the car,
If you have the fuse in socket 1:
The 12v sockets are constant live up to exactly 1 hour after engine off.
The GEM shuts down to save power after 1 hour.

Socket 2:
The 12v sockets only become live when the key is turned in the ignition.

But i dont know for sure if the 12v supply in the boot is fed from the same supply so you would need to try changing fuse socket an try it,
It may not be on the same supply because its origional purpose was to power a 12V foam tyre compressor which is why i suspect it is always going to be a constant live.

You make it sound so easy. How would I go about fitting a relay and run the sensor feed from ignition live to the relay you suggest? Are there any guides on this? The last time I touched wiring, I buggered the speaker wiring loom for my T reg Focus, I vowed never to go near any car wiring again!

its constant feed,
However you could fit a relay then run the sensor feed from an ignition live to the relay,
This would result in power only flowing when the ignition feed is live,

Another option is:
Change the 12v socket fuse location,
You see ford have two power supplys for the 12v sockets in the car,
If you have the fuse in socket 1:
The 12v sockets are constant live up to exactly 1 hour after engine off.
The GEM shuts down to save power after 1 hour.

Socket 2:
The 12v sockets only become live when the key is turned in the ignition.

But i dont know for sure if the 12v supply in the boot is fed from the same supply so you would need to try changing fuse socket an try it,
It may not be on the same supply because its origional purpose was to power a 12V foam tyre compressor which is why i suspect it is always going to be a constant live.